جنن

Arabic

Verb

جَنَنَّ • (jananna) (form I)

1. third-person feminine plural past active of جَنَّ (janna)

Verb

جُنِنَّ • (juninna) (form I)

1. third-person feminine plural past passive of جَنَّ (janna)
2. third-person feminine plural past passive of جُنَّ (junna)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنَّنَ (jannana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒan.nan/, [ˈʒan.nan], [ˈd͡ʒan.nan]

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Verb

جنن • (jannan) I (present بجنّن (bijannen))

1. to make someone crazy
2. (by extension, intransitive) to be lovely, amazing, wonderful, etc.

   اغنيتها الجديدة بتجنّن.

   oḡnyetha l-jdīde bitjannen.

   Her new song is amazing.

3. (by extension, transitive) to please greatly

   Synonym: عجب (ʕajab)

   جنّنني لمّا صارو يغنّو الولاد.

   jannanni lamma ṣāru yḡannu l-ūlād.

   I loved when the kids started singing.

   (literally, “It was pleasing to me when the kids started singing.”)

Usage notes

• Pragmatically, in the second sense this verb means "to like", with the agent grammatically expressed as the object of pleasure; this construction is analogous to the Spanish verb "gustar".

Conjugation

Conjugation of جنّن (jannan)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جنّنت (jannant)	جنّنت (jannant)	جنّن (jannan)		جنّننا (jannanna)	جنّنتو (jannantu)	جنّنو (jannanu)
	f		جنّنتي (jannanti)	جنّنت (jannanat)
present	m	بجنّن (bajannen)	بتجنّن (bitjannen)	بجنّن (bijannen)		منجنّن (minjannen)	بتجنّنو (bitjannnu)	بجنّنو (bijannnu)
	f		بتجنّني (bitjannni)	بتجنّن (bitjannen)
subjunctive	m	اجنّن (ajannen)	تجنّن (tjannen)	يجنّن (yjannen)		نجنّن (njannen)	تجنّنو (tjannnu)	يجنّنو (yjannnu)
	f		تجنّني (tjannni)	تجنّن (tjannen)
imperative	m		جنّن (jannen)				جنّنو (jannnu)
	f		جنّني (jannni)